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Christianity did not collapse the Roman Empire by brilliance, wealth, or moral superiority. It conquered the world by something far more offensive to the human mind: neediness.
At the center of the gospel is not human strength reaching upward, but divine mercy bending downward. The problem is not that people do not give, pray, fast, or serve. The deeper problem is that they do these things to remain sufficient rather than to become poor.
This book defends a truth so offensive to pride, yet so faithful to Scripture, that only the humble can see it:
Mercy is not received by achievers, but by beggars.